Over 40? If you can hold a plank this long with perfect form, your core strength is top-tier. See where you stand.

Reverse planks target the back of your body (also known as your posterior chain), working muscles like your hamstrings, glutes, lats and deltoids. Your core muscles like the rectus abdominis will have ...

The cat-cow stretch is a gentle flow between two poses that improves flexibility in the spine. Start on all fours with hands ...

Florida man Bob Schwartz, 80, sets record by holding a plank for 50 minutes at Ocean Reef Fitness Club, showcasing ...

Join our 30-day plank challenge! It's a great opportunity to enhance core muscles, as well as overall body stability and ...

A personal trainer shares the "tuck crunch" exercise as an alternative to planks if you want to build a strong and stable core while remaining low impact on joints.

Trainer Renee Simms shares 3 exercises that reduce apron belly, support posture, and fire up your core after 40.

Rashelle Mason set the unofficial women’s world plank record with a time of 4 hours, 30 minutes and 20 seconds at the ...

Lower back pain is one of the most common physical complaints among adults, often caused by poor posture, weak core muscles, ...

The muscles engaged in a plank are the foundation of basically everything you do, per Rosante. That's in the gym and your everyday life. Total body strength. Planks work much more than your core.

These exercises help you progressively strengthen the muscles needed for pushups and can eventually help you perform them ...

There are five basic strength-training exercises Bowers recommends to all his over-50 patients—though people of any age can ...